We can add IT to the growing list of 2017’s massive creative let-downs. [Spoiler alerts for the new IT adaptation.] The long-anticipated and much-hyped adaptation of Stephen King’s monster opus IT opened yesterday with a lucky September 7 at 7 showing. Since my corner of Florida is in Hurricane Irma’s devastating path and the other...
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#SiMeMatan Denounces The Blaming of Femicide Victims In Mexico
Femicide is a pandemic in Mexico. It’s time we addressed it. The #SiMeMatan (#IfTheyMurderMe) hashtag has exploded in an effort to denounce the systemic gender violence in Mexico after a young woman, Lesby Osorio, was murdered Wednesday night on the Universidad Autonoma de Mexico campus in Mexico City — and, once again, Mexican officials and...
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Melania Trump and the Sexist Double Standard
Regardless of Politics, Misogyny Is Still Misogyny. In the days since Donald Trump won the presidential election, numerous people have focused on the future First Lady, Melania. They’ve compared her to previous First Ladies, and some have gone so far as to post photos of her posing nude or in revealing outfits, suggesting that she lacks class...
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Mindy Kaling’s Brother Slut-Shamed Her to Distract From His Bizarre Race Experiment
Mindy Kaling is not just one of the most successful South Asians in show business at the moment, she’s also one of its most famous women. She’s the first woman of Indian descent to appear on the cover of an American magazine — Elle’s February 2014 issue — and she’s the first Indian-American to helm her own show in...
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Herpes and STI Stigma is a Feminist Issue
by Rafaella Gunz In the summer of 2015, I contracted genital herpes. The most devastating thing for me was that oldest friend ostracized me. She lives in London and I was planning to visit her that summer, but my diagnosis changed that. She told me she was afraid she’d contract herpes from me, though our relationship was...